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I know this is Resident Evil, but characters need to stop mutating at the end. It's getting old. The original RE was fine, we had Wesker meeting his supposed "death" at the hands of the bioweapon he released. In RE2, Birkin mutated for a very good reason. He was mortally wounded by HUNK's team, so he injected himself and became his own life's work. RE3 was okay too, we had Nemesis but nothing bad ever really came of the human antagonist, Nicholai. He didn't mutate or anything to that degree, and yes, I believe that his escape from Raccoon City is canon.
But with the more recent titles, it's become a theme. Starting with CVX, Alexia began a trend that her successors would all follow - confront the heroes as a seemingly normal human, and then mutate into a grotesque creature. Along comes RE4, Saddler mutates at the end. Then UC, Sergei mutates at the end. It's already getting unoriginal, which is why it satisfies me that Spencer will be getting killed as a human, collapsed on the floor rather than dissolving in a bloody mess. That's something interesting to note. In recent games, we've seen these powerful forms - Alexia, Saddler, Sergei, etc. We see them, we KNOW they are a threat. But then along comes Spencer, perhaps the greatest adversary of the series, and he's a seemingly feeble old man. Suddenly he doesn't look so threatening, but it's an intriguing scenario, isn't it? This man who in many regards is far more powerful than any of the previous antagonists, in terms of influencial (and to a degree, instrumental) power, doesn't even look at all powerful.
It's great how an old man in a wheelchair can somehow be more imposing than a ten foot tall hulking monstrosity with spiked tentacles and eyes growing over its body.
But with the more recent titles, it's become a theme. Starting with CVX, Alexia began a trend that her successors would all follow - confront the heroes as a seemingly normal human, and then mutate into a grotesque creature. Along comes RE4, Saddler mutates at the end. Then UC, Sergei mutates at the end. It's already getting unoriginal, which is why it satisfies me that Spencer will be getting killed as a human, collapsed on the floor rather than dissolving in a bloody mess. That's something interesting to note. In recent games, we've seen these powerful forms - Alexia, Saddler, Sergei, etc. We see them, we KNOW they are a threat. But then along comes Spencer, perhaps the greatest adversary of the series, and he's a seemingly feeble old man. Suddenly he doesn't look so threatening, but it's an intriguing scenario, isn't it? This man who in many regards is far more powerful than any of the previous antagonists, in terms of influencial (and to a degree, instrumental) power, doesn't even look at all powerful.
It's great how an old man in a wheelchair can somehow be more imposing than a ten foot tall hulking monstrosity with spiked tentacles and eyes growing over its body.
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